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10. Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes, especially, pushed for War on Iraq.

Sun Aug 17, 2014, 04:11 PM

Aug 2014

Consider all the tools like O'Reilly, Hannity, Beck and their experts -- all gung-ho for the illegal, immoral, unnecessary and disastrous War on Iraq.

Shocking:

Did Rupert Murdoch Push Tony Blair on Iraq War?

Rupert Murdoch took part in an "over-crude" attempt by US Republicans to push Tony Blair into action before the invasion of Iraq, the former British prime minister's ex-media chief claimed Saturday.

Alastair Campbell said the News Corporation media baron warned Blair in a phone call of the dangers in delaying signing up to the March 19, 2003 invasion, as part of an attempt to speed up Britain joining the military campaign.

SNIP...

"Both TB and I felt it was prompted by Washington, and another example of their over-crude diplomacy. Murdoch was pushing all the Republican buttons, how the longer we waited the harder it got."

The following day he added: "TB felt the Murdoch call was odd, not very clever."

CONTINUED...

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/970894/shocking%3A_did_rupert_murdoch_push_tony_blair_on_iraq_war/

There was a time I wondered why Corporate McPravda failed to follow-up on all this. It turns out they were part of the coincidence.

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